Wichita eagle., 1887-11-16
VIEW OF OUR POLITICS.

! In politics, among the civilized America!
nation, it seems TO me, everybody is boss il
the matter OF government and nobody
/ boss, after all, except ii the matter o
Doodle" business Everybody wants til
DOODLE but only a few are getting it. AS
rule, the fifth class lawyers rule. If the sup
ply of these runs short descent is made upol
the saloons and liquor dives to occupy tn
positions of trust Such men as the lat
Wendell Phillips, Beecher, Horace Greeley
and other intellectual giants are left to di
unrewarded by a grateful people. They ar
afraid such men may not be shrewd enough
to plumber them quickly enough.
Now, where does all the money go that i
consequent upon this outrageous ''up-to
neck" taxation by this glorious republic
Certainly the salaries of its officials do moi
eat it up, as they are, with hardly an excep
ton, the poorest paid officials in the world
Even second grade mandarin of China get:
a bigger salary than the president of the en-
tire United ,otates-at least twice the amount
And yet there are more officials in China by
at least ten times than there are in the United
States, and the taxation III that country is SC
light that the people hardly feel the loss
many of the provinces except salt and land
actually cultivated. Upon the latter there is
only something less than II per cent. Of the
grains raised, and upon the former per cent.
There is absolutely no tax upon homesteads
or real estate not actually under cultivation,
nor any personal property tax. Yet the ila-
perial treasury of China is one of the richest
in Asia There is not a dollar Of national
debt except that owed to the Europeans some
years ago when the opium was forced upon
the heathens for the heathens' good. Eve,
that outrageous amount has been largely
paid off by the economical heather politi-
clans
PLACE FOR RICH YOUNG MEN.
If were young man, especially if were
handsome and had a generous odd man" at
my back with liberal pocketbook l should
prefer to live in America to any other place
on earth. But | should take good care not to
get old, for this is q country where old men
and women invariably take back seat.
Sometimes they are not even allowed the
comfort of any seat at al. 1t is only here
that find old men and women are servants
OF the healthful youth of either sex II
seems 10 be a common law among the peopls
here TO raise and support children as sump-
tuously as their means permit and continue
to support them, even long after they are
able TO earn their own living. But when it
comes to the old peoples turn sentiment
seems 20 dwindle down almost to zero In
society the young are the center Of attraction.
They are the blooming flowers. The old
people are shut up in the kitchen behind the
doors.
What a muss the people of this country
make Of their love business! Are the under
standings of the american youth obtuse! It
takes years of their valuable time
TO whisper ardent love to each other, and
at the very last moment, they
suddenly find out that they did not love each
other at all. They were simply trying to
ind out each others peculiaritieS" Occa-
ionally these courtings actually terminate il
4 marriage, but as rule the love making
business is then over. Therefore. the only
next interesting thing between them is a
quarrel and 4 divorce.
All American ladies like babies, but only
few like to be their mothers. Even the richest
babies will only have COWS for their foster
mothers This is western civilization
Wong Chin Foo in New York World.